It's all over!!!
Everyone mostly got in on Thursday and on Thursday afternoon we went to the Miller Brewery tour with my dad, stepmom, bridesmaid Kristen, her boyfriend and her mom, Nick, Me, my aunt Lori and her boyfriend Doug and my brother and his girlfriend, Kelly. After that, we went to my favorite restaurant, Mo's Irish Pub in Wauwatosa. We came back to Nick and I's house and everyone hang out for a bit, then left, then finally at around 10:30 Erika and Rachel got here from the airport. We drank a bit and then went to a Mexican restaurant around 12:00am and I had some nachos, then we came home and went to bed.
In the morning on Friday we woke up and Nick started printing the programs finally. I went to get a manicure, then stopped and got cards for our parents and a few more gifts from my flowergirls. We came home and I threw together a pasta salad for that night at the rehearsal dinner bbq and then we packed up the car and headed to the reception site to drop stuff off and see how it was going. It was messy in there so I was a little worried to be honest!
We left there and went to the church, well, tried to get to the church but like every road was closed! Finally we figured out how to get to it and we went in and had the wedding rehearsal. Our moms were crying their eyes out but I was still cool as a cucumber and I think I wasn't really taking it all that seriously!
When all that was over, they all headed to the park where the Rehearsal
BBQ was being held and Nick and I ran home to go get all the food and
stuff
for it. We finally got there and everyone was waiting (im)patiently for
the booze and food 
We had a really good time and ate lots of yummy food that me, my mom, and Nick's mom slaved over
When we left there, me, Nick, Damian, Adam, Jason, Erika and Rachel all came back to Nick and I's house and then we had a brilliant idea to go to the bar across the street. We girls stayed until about 11:15 and then headed to the hotel to check into the whirlpool suite. The guys ended up staying out until like 1:30AM! They were supposed to golf in the morning but ended up not going because of staying out so late, I think.
I woke up yesterday morning at about 7:30AM and immediately thought about how much I'd like to go back to sleep, but I knew I was too excited to even try, so I got up at the hotel, showered, and headed out to go pick up one of my bridesmaids to get our hair done. I got on the highway at about 8:30AM and the traffic was HORRENDOUS! I went about 4 miles in 45 minutes so I was super irritated. Finally got to Kristen's hotel and we booked it down to the salon. Kelly, my hairdresser started working on me almost immediately and I didn't leave until 11:45AM even though our limo was supposed to leave from my mom's at 12:15! I made it just in time to fix up my makeup and eat some Subway, hop on the limo with my family and head to the church. And guess what? I didn't forget anything!
We got there and our photographers were waiting for me to step out of the limo. I gave them both a hug (we are friends now and I'll be working with them after the honeymoon) and we went in so I could get my dress on. By this time it was 1:30 and I was supposed to meet Nick out back for private pictures at 2:00, but then the church's wedding coordinator asked if we could move it to 1:45, so I was rushing!!
Meeting him out back was such a good idea and so overwhelming. He looked great and he almost started crying when he saw me. We were so giddy and happy and we got some great pictures by the lake. After about 15 minutes we went our separate ways again and waited for the ceremony to start at 3:00.
The Ceremony was beautiful. There weren't as many people there as I'd have liked there to be but that's ok, it wasn't about them it was about us!
I refrained from crying almost the whole time, until we were putting our rings on each other's fingers. At that point, I totally lost it and was practically sobbing and laughing from joy up on the Alter. The entire church started crying when I started crying. It was so overwhelming.
Fast forward, we're married, and us and the wedding party is getting in our KICK ASS Limo Bus to go to the recception. The thing was hooked up! Tons of subs and a great soundsystem. A huge LCD TV in the back, and we had a cooler full of beer and champagne. We had so much fun that I didn't want to leave once we got to the reception.
When we got there, we quickly ran in and dropped our stuff off at the head table, and I was completely blown away at how gorgeous it was inside. It was amazing!!! All of my months of planning really paid off. Our flowers were amazing and the centerpieces were amazing. The venue was gorgeous! I can't want to show pictures!
We went out on the golf course in carts by 2s and took pictures with the wedding party. We came back in and cut our cake, ate, and our parents and best man and my maid of honor and best friend gave speeches.
They all made me cry. Especially my dad's. At one point he goes "Now I want to talk to the ladies in here. I want you to realize that Nick is a married man and those of you who once may have had keys to his house should return them now". I had no idea what he meant but all the sudden about 20 women from all over the room got up and dropped a key off to me. I was laughing so hard!!!!! He was hilarious! good planning! Then at the end of his speech he told me he'll always be there for me and I completely started crying.
So we ate, visited tables, started the Grand March and all of the
dancing, and holy cow, let me tell you, when you have a wedding, you do
not really
get to take part in it! We were so busy being dragged this way and that
to have pictures taken... plus I felt like a celebrity, EVERYONE wanted
their
picture taken with me! All the sudden it was 11:00 and half of the
people were gone and I could finally enjoy a beer. or two or three
At midnight we had our last dance and then the wedding party that was
leftover and their dates and Nick and I all climbed back into the limo
bus and
went to a bar. Which was funny and cool. I got a lot of congrats!'s and
a free beer
I fell alseep on the way back to the hotel from the bar and I was really starting to feel sick (I forgot to mention that I had woken up in the morning with a sore throat that progressively got worse throughout the day but didn't ruin my day!) I know I have a bad sinus infection now but I don't care....
That was the best day of our lives! So far!
And there was ZERO drama!
but one thing I was majorly disappointed is that we had a table that
was supposed to have 9 people on it and only 4 showed up. It looked
stupid and
these 5 people who didn't show up didn't even tell us they weren't
coming so we paid $150 dollars in wasted food to not feed those 5
people. 
Other than that there were only about 2 other people who didn't show so it
wasn't too bad. But still. sucks.
Can you believe it?? Me getting married? Today went really well :)
I'm the most cool-as-a-cucumber bride ever. I haven't had an ounce of nervousness at all. It's like it's not even happening, hehe
Well since I am pretty much almost 100% against Locks of Love because they sell their hairpieces, I am really happy and teary-eyed at finding this company that doesn't sell their hairpieces but actually donates their time and donated hair to kids at no charge who need wigs!! That's awesome and in my opinion, that's the way it oughta be done; not through a company that banks tons of money selling the unused donated hair to companies like Clairol, and not only that, makes the recipients pay for it (on a sliding scale, but still, seriously). ugh don't get me started, sorry!
I just thought I'd share it.
http://www.wigsforkids.org
You can donate your hair or even make monetary donations. Since I can't donate my hair (i don't have enough) I will definitely be donating some money to help them and their wonderful cause.
I found it on Dominique Moceanu's blog.
Biggest Tiffany box I've ever seen
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Our wedding photographers are really awesome, and right now it's pretty much just the two of them, (they're married) and if they need to do a second wedding on the same date, they subcontract a guy they've been working with for about 10 years... who has been doing wedding photography for about 25 years and used to own his own studio.
Welllll... a few months ago, before I bought my SLR, I emailed Cathy and asked her what she suggested and if the D80 was a good camera. They shoot with Fuji SLRs which are very similar so she said it was a good camera to start with and I bought it.
About 3 weeks ago, we went in for our final consultation prior to the wedding and I was talking to them about my camera and how I wish I knew how to use it well and that it'd be really cool to do wedding photography. They mentioned hiring me as an intern to learn and then eventually when I am trained and have a good portfolio set up, hiring me as a 4th photographer and subcontracting me to shoot weddings, either alone or with the 3rd photographer (or with them)
I didn't really take it too seriously although the idea was pretty exciting, but I never thought they'd follow through with it... until she called me out of the blue today!!
She said she met with a client today, and her and Scott are already booked for this particular date. The Bride wants 2 photographers and since the 3rd guy is the only other guy, they want to get me in to start shooting weddings as an intern and start training right away, as soon as my wedding is over, and then hire me to shoot this girl's wedding! and others!
And the really cool thing? The first wedding that they want me to come along to in September is at Holy Hill, a gorrrrgeous church out here in Wisconsin at the top of a mountain, overlooking a lot of WI
I take that back... my first photo shoot with them is going to be on August 9th at the Zoo... I'm not exactly sure what it's for but they're getting me a ticket to go with!
of work until night time! yay. jeez. please go by fast.
Bachelorette party tonight :)
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So, to make a long story short, we got the diamonds reset into a band and when I tried it on, it looked HORRIBLE next to my ring. So we were going to get them channel set into another band which would look better, and when we were at the jewelers she told us it would be approx. 100 dollars more (around $1049 total) to reset MY diamonds into a new band. she brought out a band that had the same size diamonds in it, except more of them, and THAT band INCLUDING the diamonds was $999. So I was like, what the hell? let's just buy THIS band, KEEP my diamonds, and then we get a whole bunch more diamonds for LESS money, plus then it includes the lifetime diamond guarantee (if they fall out the replace them for free - my diamonds wouldn't be under that warranty)
so the salesperson checked with her manager, who said yes, we could have a full refund. we went in tonight to buy the band, and the assistant manager took care of us and i tried on about 25 different bands... a LOT of wraps. well, let's just say, as soon as I saw my ring in a wrap, I was smitten. I am a sucker for symmetry so I LOVED it!! Plus it's sooo gorgeous, it totally accentuates my main diamond.
it looks so much better in person, but here are some pics:
After:
NOW I am REALLY excited for the wedding because I want my ring!!!! hehe
We had a ton of fun with my camera tonight... we were setting off fireworks and I suddenly said "Hey wait!!!! Let's take time exposure pictures with sparklers" and no one really was sure what I was talking about until the first picture was taken and everyone was surprised at how cool it is!
More to come, there are like 20 pictures and they are all 3mb a piece so it's taking awhile to upload. Bedtime! Cherry picking in the morning!!! As long as the storms hold out at least.
